Tag: weather
Snow! (and why road salt can be an issue…)
Of course it is not as satisfying as when it comes on and cancels a school day, but it was beautiful snow for Christmas Day nonetheless. I was at my dad’s house in my hometown of Laurinburg, NC when the snow started falling, but could still see PDS covered in snow via our live cam [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2010 under Mr. W, On My Mind Post.
Tags: salt, snow, toxicity, weather
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Climate and the Factors that Develop Climate
Climate is a very different concept then what we would call weather. While weather is a very local phenomenon, Climate is studied on a larger regional scale. Weather also changes and is studied on a hourly to weekly basis. Climate, on the other hand, needs to be studied on a much more long term scale [...]
Posted: October 17th, 2010 under ChrisF, Scribe Post, Unit 3-Climate & Biodiversity.
Tags: atmosphere, climate, weather
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Earth’s Atmosphere
Today in class we began our discussion on Earth’s atmosphere. Earth’s atmosphere is mainly comprised of nitrogen gas at 78%. N2 is an inert gas (a gas that is non-reactive under normal situations) that does not natural affect humans. Decomposers put nitrogen gas into a useable form through the 3 reactions in the nitrogen cycle: [...]
Posted: October 16th, 2010 under JoyG, Scribe Post, Unit 3-Climate & Biodiversity.
Tags: atmosphere, nitrogen, ozone, weather
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